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Letters: Scotland redraws the political maphttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/09/scotland-snp-victory
<p>I think that the results for the Scottish parliament are not due to Alex Salmond being a charismatic leader – though he is far and away more so than the bunch of &quot;suits&quot; we have in Westminster – but to his policies (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/06/snp-election-victory-scottish-independence" title="">Stunning SNP victory throws the spotlight on independence vote</a>, 7 May). No tuition fees. No council tax rises. Healthcare for the elderly etc. Could they possibly be old-fashioned socialist policies?</p><p>With the Tories and the Lib Dems shunting themselves well and truly to the far right, isn't it just possible that some socialist policies south of the border might prove to be bigger vote winners than a charismatic leader?</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/09/scotland-snp-victory">Continue reading...</a>Elections 2011Scottish National party (SNP)Scottish elections 2011ScotlandLiberal-Conservative coalitionLabourDavid CameronLiberal DemocratsSun, 08 May 2011 23:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/09/scotland-snp-victoryGuardian Staff2011-05-08T23:05:00ZAfter election battle, bruised Clegg seeks distance from Tory partnershttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/nick-clegg-reassures-lib-dems
There is no serious move against the Lib Dem leader so far – but he is under pressure to make his party stand out again<p>Nick Clegg has moved to reassure shattered Liberal Democrats that he could engineer a political recovery by the time of the next election, and that the current mood of anger at his &quot;betrayal&quot; would dissipate over two to three years.</p><p>As the economy recovers, voters will slowly and grudgingly recognise the party's difficult role in saving the country from crisis, he feels.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/nick-clegg-reassures-lib-dems">Continue reading...</a>Elections 2011PoliticsLiberal DemocratsLiberal-Conservative coalitionNick CleggAV referendumAlternative voteSat, 07 May 2011 00:56:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/nick-clegg-reassures-lib-demsToby Melville/ReutersThe local election rout and AV defeat leaves Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg facing the extraordinary challenge of turning around his party's fortunes by the next election. Photograph: Toby Melville/ReutersToby Melville/ReutersThe local election rout and AV defeat leaves Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg facing the extraordinary challenge of turning around his party's fortunes by the next election. Photograph: Toby Melville/ReutersPatrick Wintour, political editor2011-05-07T00:56:00ZStunning SNP election victory throws spotlight on Scottish independencehttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/snp-election-victory-scottish-independence
Alex Salmond wins overall majority at Holyrood and promises to hold referendum on break from United Kingdom<p>Alex Salmond touched down on the manicured lawns of one of Edinburgh's exclusive hotels in his campaign helicopter, Saltire One, after securing the most stunning victory in recent Scottish political history – a win that has the potential to change the fabric of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The scale of the SNP's victory was clear: Salmond had won Holyrood's first overall majority and a total of 69 seats – a result he believes has swept aside his opponents' last hopes of blocking his plans for a referendum on independence. No wonder he gave waiting reporters and supporters the thumbs up.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/snp-election-victory-scottish-independence">Continue reading...</a>Elections 2011Scottish National party (SNP)Scottish politicsScotlandPoliticsUK newsScottish independenceFri, 06 May 2011 18:27:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/snp-election-victory-scottish-independenceDavid Moir/ReutersAlex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, will be able to push through an agenda including police reform and renewable energy but will have an uphill battle to convince voters that Scotland should secede from the UK. Photograph: David Moir/ReutersDavid Moir/ReutersAlex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, will be able to push through an agenda including police reform and renewable energy but will have an uphill battle to convince voters that Scotland should secede from the UK. Photograph: David Moir/ReutersSeverin Carrell, Scotland correspondent2011-05-06T18:27:02ZElection results 2011: English council summary resultshttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2011/may/05/local-elections-2011-localgovernment
Composition and control of every council in England which held elections on Thursday 5 May. Last updated Friday 19:15<p>NOC - no change</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2011/may/05/local-elections-2011-localgovernment">Continue reading...</a>Local elections 2011Local governmentElections 2011PoliticsFri, 06 May 2011 18:15:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2011/may/05/local-elections-2011-localgovernmentGuardian Staff2011-05-06T18:15:00ZElection results 2011: Scottish parliament results in fullhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/05/scotland-election-results-2011
Constituency seats are listed first, in alphabetical order, with top-up regional seats following. Final results are listed below<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/may/06/scottish-parliament-election-results">Scottish Parliament election results mapped and listed here</a><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/05/scotland-election-results-2011">Continue reading...</a>Scottish politicsElections 2011PoliticsScottish elections 2011Fri, 06 May 2011 16:55:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/05/scotland-election-results-2011Guardian Staff2011-05-06T16:55:00ZAV referendum results, district by districthttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/av-referendum-results-district
See how electors voted in each of the 440 referendum districts, as the results come in. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/may/06/av-referendum-results-map">Get the full results and see them mapped</a><p> Yes : 6,626 (35.67%)<br /> No : 11,951 (64.33%)</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/av-referendum-results-district">Continue reading...</a>AV referendumElections 2011Fri, 06 May 2011 15:55:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/06/av-referendum-results-districtGuardian Staff2011-05-06T15:55:00ZThe SNP has steamrollered Scotland's political map | Iain Macwhirterhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/06/snp-scottish-election-scotland
Labour was always heading for defeat in the Scottish election, but no one predicted an SNP rout on this scale<p>It was a bad night for monkeys. It has long been said that, in Glasgow and west-central Scotland, if you put a red rosette on a monkey it would still be elected in most constituencies. The Labour vote, so the saying goes, is not counted here, it is weighed. Not any more. Suddenly, Labour's century-long hegemony over Scottish politics appears to be over. Alex Salmond's Scottish National Party has achieved what most political analysts believed was not possible: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/06/scottish-elections-salmond-historic-victory-snp" title="Guardian: Scottish elections: Salmond hails 'historic' victory for SNP">an overall majority in a proportional electoral system</a>. The political map of Scotland has been transformed, as the SNP has punched a massive yellow hole through the heart of Labour territory in Glasgow and Lanarkshire, leaving only a handful of red fragments.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/06/snp-scottish-election-scotland">Continue reading...</a>Scottish National party (SNP)Scottish politicsElections 2011ScotlandLocal elections 2011Local electionsLocal governmentLocal politicsLabourPoliticsUK newsFri, 06 May 2011 13:16:34 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/06/snp-scottish-election-scotlandwww.universalnewsandsport.com/www.universalnewsandsport.comThe SNP delivering a series of dramatic victories in the Scottish parliament elections. Photograph: www.universalnewsandsport.comwww.universalnewsandsport.com/www.universalnewsandsport.comThe SNP delivering a series of dramatic victories in the Scottish parliament elections. Photograph: www.universalnewsandsport.comIain Macwhirter2011-05-06T13:16:34ZLive election results dashboardhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/interactive/2011/may/06/live-election-results-dashboard-2011
Follow the state of play for the 2011 Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland elections, English local council votes, and the AV referendum, as the results come in <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/interactive/2011/may/06/live-election-results-dashboard-2011">Continue reading...</a>Elections 2011Scottish politicsWelsh elections 2011Welsh politicsLocal electionsLocal governmentPoliticsAV referendumThu, 05 May 2011 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/interactive/2011/may/06/live-election-results-dashboard-2011Rui Vieira/PABallot box Photograph: Rui Vieira/PAGuardian Staff2011-05-05T23:01:00ZElection results 2011 - Thursday 5 Mayhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2011/may/05/election-results
Andrew Sparrow reports as results come in from elections to the Scottish parliament, the Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies and 279 English councils<p><span class="timestamp">8.00pm:</span> According to the Independent, it's<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/av/super-thursday-and-the-stakes-are-high-2279170.html"> Super Thursday. </a>There have been parliamentary or assembly elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and local elections in England and Northern Ireland. There are local elections in England every year, but this is the biggest set of elections in the four-year local government election cycle and more than 30 million people in England have had the chance to take part. On top of that, we've all had the chance to take part in the referendum on the alternative vote. Outside of a general election, an election night doesn't come much bigger than this.</p><p>Elections are always exciting because of what they tell you about the state of the parties nationally, and as the results come in over the next 24 hours I'll be posting furiously about what they have to tell us about Ed Miliband's attempts to revive the Labour party, about what being in government has done to the standing of David Cameron's Conservative party and about quite how disastrous it all is for the Liberal Democrats and Nick Clegg. </p><p>Labour has an easy task on the face of it in Sheffield, where the joy of embarrassing local MP Nick Clegg is a much-touted bonus of knocking out the Lib Dem minority administration. But the party is well aware that they only just managed to end the LD's overall majority last May, and tough-as-boots Lib Dem leader Paul Scriven also survived Coun Bill Curran's defection to Labour in September.</p><p>That left Scriven with 41 members against 40 Labour, two Green and an independent. A third of the seats – 28 – are up for election tonight and there are plenty of close battlegrounds. Curran's Walkley ward sees Lib Dem cabinet member for housing Penny Baker defend a majority of 36 last time she stood. Her colleagues in Gleadless Valley and East Ecclesfield are defending margins of 51 and 74.</p><p>The Holyrood elections have an extra twist to them: <a href="http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/reports/sp_index.asp">boundary changes last year</a> means that many of the Scottish parliament's 73 constituencies are more difficult to call, lending this year's election campaign greater unpredictability.</p><p>A seat-by-seat analysis by <a href="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ppr/profiles/David-Denver/">David Denver of Lancaster university</a> last year suggests the Tories gain most: if the 2007 election had been fought on the new boundaries, the Tories could have had 19 seats, not 18, while Labour would fall back one to 45 and the SNP to 46, rather than the 47 they actually won.</p><p>From its hardline attack ads to its press operation and its mass bombardment approach, the No2AV campaign most felt like a mainstream political party. With its activism and social engagement, not surprisingly perhaps, the Yes campaign most looked like an NGO</p><p>So far the coalition has been lubricrated by a large element of goodwill and trust. It is not any longer. The consequence is that when it comes to the bonhomie of the Downing Street rose garden, that has gone. It will never again be glad confident morning ...</p><p>David Cameron is the prime minister. He sets the tone of politics in this country. It is an unhappy fact that when he was asked to dissociate himself from a campaign that was run on the basis of personalisation and personal attacks, and messages that were far more than some subtle bending of the truth, he refused to do that.</p><p><br />I don't think [the coalition] will be threatened by what has happened. I have made similar comments. If the polls are to be believed, it will be no, but we don't know ... There are things one could criticise, but, if there's been a failure, it's [that] I and my colleagues on the yes side may not have made the case positively as we should have done.</p><p>People feel that [the Lib Dems] stole their votes, that they have propped up a Tory government and that they have let that Tory government pursue rightwing policies that they did not vote for, such as turning the NHS upside down.</p><p><br />Early indications tonight point to a lower turnout in the Northern Ireland elections compared to last year's Westminster poll.</p><p>More than 1,200,000 people are registered to vote in the Province although voting patterns reported to be slow but steady.</p><p>Extraordinary. Hearing well-informed predictions of SNP at 58 seats, Lab 40, Tories 14, Greens 8, LDs 7, Margo 1 and Galloway 1 #sp11 ...</p><p>Rumours of Labour gain in Woolton ward Liverpool - Lib Dems have ALWAYS held it and led 51% to Lab's 25% in 2010. Sensational if true.</p><p><br />Throughout the campaign it has talked up the chances of winning an overall majority at the Welsh Assembly for the first time. Welsh Labour is now playing down the prospect.</p><p>The electoral system makes it very difficult for anyone to get a majority. David Davies, chair of the Cardiff West CLP, says it will be a good result if Labour can get around 29 of the 60 seats. But he is worried that the media will portray that as a failure.</p><p>Source in Sheffield: figure of Lib Dems losing 12 is &quot;bollocks expectation management&quot; from @LibDemPress. More likely to lose 6/7 seats.</p><p>They have got to spell out to our Conservative colleagues that we are not going to anything lying down ... We have got to say that the price for our cooperation is a bit harder than it has been up to now ... Maybe we have to twist [David Cameron's] arm a bit harder.</p><p>Maybe biggest story emerging: Hamilton result easily enough, if repeated, to give a pro-indepence referendum majority at Holyrood</p><p>Labour claim nine gains in Sheffield, sweeping into marginals such as Gleadless Valley with 1300 majority over the Lib Dems and coming within five votes of taking Stannington in Nick Clegg's Hallam constituency. They also captured the student stronghold of Broomhill, Crooks and Walkley and came within 136 votes of another Lib Dem stronghold Graves Park.</p><p>Alex Salmond could now realistically expect to lead the largest party yet seen in Holyrood, overtaking the 56 seats won by Labour when it was led by the founding father of the Scottish parliament, Donald Dewar, in the first elections to the fledgling parliament in 1999.</p><p>Labour took nine Liberal Democrats seats in Sheffield and now comfortably control the council which collects Nick Clegg's community charge and empties his bins. The new council with previous figures in brackets is Labour 49 (40) LD 32 (41) Green 2 and Ind 1. The survival of Green leader Dr Jill Creasey in Central ward was a high point for her party which has also turned neighbouring Broomhill into a three-way marginal, coming a close third behind the LDs who lost the seat to Labour More than a third of voters in central and Broomhill are students but turnout in both was below 35 percent.</p><p>Sensational result for SNP: GAIN from former Conservative leader David McLetchie in Edinburgh Pentlands. Also against Lab in Strathkelvin</p><p>What Labour have succeeded [in doing] is turning this election into a referendum on what the Conservative Government is doing in Westminster. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2011/may/05/election-results">Continue reading...</a>PoliticsUK newsLocal electionsLocal elections 2011Welsh assembly governmentWelsh elections 2011Welsh politicsScottish politicsScottish elections 2011Elections 2011Northern Irish politicsLocal politicsLocal governmentAlternative voteAV referendumLabourLiberal DemocratsConservativesThu, 05 May 2011 19:20:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2011/may/05/election-resultsChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesDeputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg casts his vote in the AV referendum in Sheffield. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesAndrew Milligan/PAA strong performance by Alex Salmond's SNP has cast doubt over Labour's Scottish leadership. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PAPeter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA voter attends a polling station at St John's Parish Hall near Hyde Park Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesAnna GordonAs the Liberal Democrats endured heavy losses in the elections, Lord Ashdown launched a furious attack on David Cameron over AV. Photograph: Anna GordonToby Melville/REUTERSPolls are open around the country. Photograph: Reuters/Toby MelvilleToby Melville/REUTERSThe AV referendum process was a missed opportunity for meaningful citizen engagement. Photograph: Reuters/Toby Melville Photograph: Toby Melville/REUTERSAndrew Sparrow2011-05-05T19:20:00Z